Our Adoption Timeline

Hubby gave the ok to "research" - Nov 05
Ordered Birth Certificates and Marriage License - 1/4/06
Found "N" - December 2006
Confirmed in James' Heart - 6/24/07
First Home Study visit - 7/27/07
FBI Clearance - 8/1/07
DCFS Fingerprints - 8/7/07
I 600 A - 8/10/07
Pre Approved w/Ashraya - 9/6/07
Passports - 9/7/07
Authenticating FL docs - 9/21/07
HS to USCIS - 10/16/07
To India Program - 10/19/07
Authenticating Section 1 - 10/24/07
Section 1 & On hold docs - 11/1/07
On hold w/WACAP - 11/5/07
Approval from Ashraya - 11/16/07
Referral Paperwork - 11/30/07
"N" becomes a referral - 12/3/07
Authenticating Section 2 - 12/8/07
Section 2 & Care Package - 12/14/07
Official File - 1/5/08
Dossier to India - 1/18/08
I 600 A approval - 1/23/08
NOC - 3/25/08
"N" turns 3 - 4/9/08
Courts Closed - 4/28-6/2
Scrutiny reviews our case -possibly (6/26/08)
1st Court Date - 6/26/08 postponed to last week of July
- postponed to 8/28/08
- postponed to 9/15/08
- postponed to 9/19/08 - had court BUT missing paperwork!
- rescheduled to 9/30/08
2nd Court date - 10/3/08
3rd Court date - 10/4/08 (Final Orders/Guardianship)
Final Papers Signed - sometime during the week of the 13th-17th
J & J's Visas applied- 10/24/08
"N's" Passport applied - 11/5/08
J & J's Visas delivered - 11/12/08
TRAVEL - November 17 - November 26
Adoption Finalized in the US - November 12, 2009